May 14, 2005
If the Robotic Guide, or RG, lives up to its creator's expectations, blind shopers will soon be able to shop alone. The robot uses a laser rangefinder to avoid collisions, and radio frequency tags to identify and locate items...
May 11, 2005
There are workplaces around the United States and other countries where it's an insult to be described as "a nice person." In those places the description carries the implicit judgement that the worker isn't tough, isn't able to make hard decisions and wilts under pressure ...
May 11, 2005
May 9, 2005
Robo-nurse Penelope starts work at a New York hospital this May, joining Archie, REMi and other high-tech healers designed to streamline medical care ...
May 6, 2005
Romance between co-workers is bad news for employers and an ergonomic issue when it goes wrong. Anger, jealousy and bitterness, typical emotions after a breakup, can undercut productivity and workplace morale. But ...
May 4, 2005
Night work gambles with productivity and lives because it abuses the body clock, set for activity during the day and rest during the night. As the 24-hour-workplace is a fact of modern society, night work can't be abolished. But ...
May 4, 2005
Happiness. The Founding Fathers advocated it. Most people pursue it. Ergonomists have embraced it and given their research a name
May 2, 2005
The consensus is that the pyramid has been stripped of words, symbols and meaning, and the government's advice to eat less and exercise more is undermined by the failure to communicate ergonomically...